Haven Institute and Conservatory of Music, also known simply as Haven Institute, was an American private historically blackMethodist college active from 1865 until the early-1930s, located in Meridian, Mississippi.[1] It was founded in 1865 by Moses Austin, a pastor of the Saint Paul Methodist Episcopal Church of Meridian and a formerly enslaved person.[2] Originally it was called Meridian Academy and it was located at 27th Avenue and 13th Street in Waynesboro, Georgia, however the name changed in 1914 and the campus moved in 1921.
The Meridian Academy was founded in 1865 by Moses Austin, a formerly enslaved person and a pastor of the Saint Paul Methodist Episcopal Church of Meridian.[2] It initially was located at 27th Avenue and 13th Street in Waynesboro, Georgia. The school was formed by the Board of Education for Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal Church (originally the Freedmen's Aid Society). The school name was changed to Haven Institute in 1914 when Haven Academy of Waynesboro, Georgia merged with Clark University of Atlanta, Georgia.[3][4]
A 1917 report published by the United States Office of Education stated the school spent too much time teaching "ancient languages," and recommended more industrial education programs such as cooking, sewing, and gardening.[5]
The school's growth was hampered for lack of adequate room for expansion for classrooms and dormitories, forcing it to turn down applicants. To remedy this, in 1921 the Board of Education for Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the 100-acre campus of the defunct Meridian Female College a mile outside of the city. A large conservatory of music was included, with a pipe organ, numerous pianos and other musical equipment, and the school opened the Haven Conservatory of Music, directed by the Rev. William A. Sykes.[6][7] The original building was sold to the church.[6]
The school closed in the early-1930s because of financial pressures caused by the Great Depression.[1]
^ abMurphy, Larry G.; Melton, J. Gordon; Ward, Gary L., eds. (2013-11-20). "Haven Institute". Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Routledge. p. 331. ISBN978-1-135-51338-2.
^ abcdefghiStowell, Jay S. (1922). Methodist Adventures in Negro Education. The Methodist Book Concern. pp. 129–133.
^"History". Saint Paul Methodist Episcopal Church. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^Gilbert, Levi, ed. (November 18, 1914). "Annual Meeting Freedman's Aid Society". Western Christian Advocate. 80 (46). The Methodist Book Concern: 1302.
^"Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States". United States Office of Education. 1917.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^Murphy, Larry G.; Melton, J. Gordon; Ward, Gary L. (2013-11-20). "Davage, Matthew Simpson". Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Routledge. p. 226. ISBN978-1-135-51338-2.
^"Freeman's Aid Schools". Western Christian Advocate. 82: 737. 1916.
January 01, 1970
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